Radiator.



C.H."TAYLOR & B. B. NEUTEBO'OM.

RADIATOR.

APPLICATION man NOV-25, 1912.

Patented Mm.v 28, 1916.

Y E N O T T A sTA'rEs FFIc.

' oEoIL' HAMELIN TAYLOR AND BOUDEWIJN :B. nEu'rEBooM, 's DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

To all whom it may concern.- I Y have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Radiators, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form. a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to radiators and an object'of our improvements is to provide an improved suspenslon for radiators upon automobiles.

A'n automobile is subjected to considerable I strains and its frame and structure is more or less flexible so that it yields more or less to the strains incident to its usei The temporary deformation of the frame has rought strains upon the radiator which has frequently caused it to leak. A remedy has been sought for this by connecting the radiator with the frame by a. spring support.

But this has an incidental disadvantage that the radiator is continually vibrating, even under slight strains, or jars, which has caused breakage and leaks andis a recognized disadvantage.

To remedy the above specified defects wehave provided a suspension which shall hold the radiator in a fixed relative position upon the frame of the vehicle .when subjected to moderate and ordinary forces, but which shall yield to large or unusual forces, and

in which the radiator, when displaced from its normal. position, shall be automaticallyv restored thereto. We secure this object/"in the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which, 7 I 1 I Figure 1, is a sectional view of an apparatus embodying our invention secured in 1 position upon an automobile frame and to the radiator. Fig. 2, is an elevation of thesame, looking from the right of Fig. 1, the

side member of the frame being cut away on the line 3-3 Fig. 1. Fig. 3, is a section.

on the line C-C Fig. 1. Fig. 4:, is a front elevation of a complete radiator showing the same secured in place upon an automobile frame.

a indicates apart of the radiator of which 6 is the. frame.

Specification of Letters Patent. application filed November Q5, 1912 .Serial No. 733,295. v

side of the at the RADIATOR.

' Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

' c is a supporting plate riveted upon the frame 6.

. d is 9. lug projecting laterally from the center of the supporting plate a. This lug consists of an-outer'wall bent in a semicircle at its outer end and of the two sides joined by said semi-circular part. The two sides of the lug d are joined by a webe.

' f is a cylindrical part of the lug d located center thereof with its axis parallel.

to the side of the radiator.

2' is a bolt'extending axially through the cylindrical portion f and through the lug cl.

The bolt 6 is provided at its upper end with v a cap 9 which covers the otherwise open top of the lug'd. The cap 9 is secured in'place by the nut 8 upon the bolt 6. 'Said bolt extends through an aperture n in the upper web of the side pieces j of the vehicle frame and restsby means of a shoulder near its lower" end upon a washer is conformed to the upper surface of the lower web of said side piece. The lower end of the bolt 1' passes through an aperture ml in the lower web of the side piece y of the rame and is secured in place by a but 1'.

The cylindrical portion f of the lug d is provided with inwardly extending conical surfaces toward its center and uponthese surfaces rest textile or other flexible washers g', k and upon these washers and fitted withinthe bore of the cylindrical portion 7 are rings t and u shaped ontheir inner surface into conical surfaces opposed to the surfaces on the cylindrical portion f. Thus the central inner portion-of the cylindrical portion fisv formedto the shape of the bottom-of the interior of the casing of a stufiing box and the rings at and u form glands.

0 is a helical'spring, its lower end resting uponthe' upper surface of theupper flange of the'side piece j and its upper end resting against the ring or gland u, p is a similar helica lspring, its lower end resting upon the ring 'or gland t, and its upper end against the cap 9.

The radiator a issupported bythe spring (i and held in place by'said'spring and the spring 3?, said springs acting to'tighten the washers. g and it against the bolt 2' so as to secure a certain amount of friction on said v greater frictional action will be effected thus boltto hold the radiator in place. Thus the Q frictional actionwill be proportional to the still further reducing the oscillation of the supported part.

The friction upon the bolt a Will be sufiicient to prevent the radiator a from vibrat- While We have shown and described ourinvention as a support for radiators, We do not wish to confine it to this use, but claim a scop which shall include the use of the apparatus to support any similar fragile part. i

What we claim is '1; In a. 'vehicle, a radiator, a stufling box "on said radiator consisting in part of a tightening gland in said stufi'ing box, and a spring supporting said radiator through said gland.

I 2. In a vehicle, a radiator, a frictional clamp on said radiator, said clamp being adapted to be tightened by a vertical pressure, and a resilient member supporting said" 4 radiator through said clamp so as to tighten."

said clamp in proportion to the force ex erted thereon by said resilient member." a

3. In a vehicle, a radiator, a friction claing;

on said radiatorfsaid clamp being adapts to be tightened by a vertical pressure, ancr a resilient member supporting said radiator through said clamp so as to tighten said clamp in proportion to the force exerted thereon by said resilient member.

. In testimony whereof, We sign this specification in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

. CECIL'HAMELIN TAYLOR.

BOUDEWIJN B. NEUTEBOOM.

Witnesses:

A NES M. HIPKINS, ELLIOTT J. STODDARR, 

